Advanced Interpretation of the WISC-V
Gloria Maccow, Ph.D., Assessment Training Consultant
Advanced Interpretation
of the WISC-V
Gloria Maccow, Ph.D.
Assessment Training Consultant
Learning Outcomes
Describe the cognitive abilities measured by the
WISC-V index scores.
Describe the theoretical link between cognitive
processes and specific academic skills.
Describe how to use performance on the WISC-V
to generate hypotheses about processing deficits.
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Advanced Interpretation of the WISC-V
Gloria Maccow, Ph.D., Assessment Training Consultant
Conceptual Structure
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WISC-V Index Scores and
Contributing Cognitive Processes
Full Scale IQ
• Most reliable score – good predictor of important life outcomes.
• Derived from a sum of 7 subtest scaled scores.
• Considered the score that is most representative of global intellectual
functioning (g).
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• Traditionally, FSIQ has been the first score to be considered in profile
interpretation.
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Primary Index Scales
The primary index scores, along with the FSIQ, are recommended for
a comprehensive description and evaluation of intellectual ability.
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Abilities Measured by
Primary Index Scales
Index
Abilities Measured
Verbal Comprehension
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Word Knowledge Acquisition
Information Retrieval
Ability to reason and solve verbal problems
Communication of knowledge
Visual Spatial
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Visual spatial reasoning
Synthesis of part-whole relationships
Attentiveness to visual detail
Visual-motor integration
Fluid Reasoning
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Inductive and Quantitative Reasoning
Broad Visual Intelligence
Simultaneous Processing
Abstract Thinking
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Abilities Measured by
Primary Index Scales
Index
Abilities Measured
Working Memory
Ability to register, maintain, and manipulate visual
and auditory information in conscious awareness.
• Attention
• Concentration
• Mental Control
Processing Speed
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Short-term visual memory
Visual-Motor Coordination
Visual Discrimination
Visual Scanning
Concentration
Cognitive Flexibility
Rate of Test-Taking
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Ancillary Index Scales
• Derived from combinations of primary subtests or primary and
secondary subtests.
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• Provide additional information
regarding a child’s cognitive abilities and
WISC–V performance.
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Complementary Index Scales
Complementary scales were designed to enhance the
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assessment of children
with
learning
difficulties.
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Generate Hypotheses
Twelve Male – Grade 6
(See WISC-V Score Report)
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Reasons for Referral
His teachers report that Twelve has difficulty
– listening and following directions,
– reading grade-level text with comprehension,
– meeting expectations in the preparation of
compositions or written responses to demonstrate
what he has learned, and
– completing long-term assignments (i.e., book
reports).
Often, he is talking when he should be working.
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Reasons for Referral
His parents report similar concerns at home.
– Twelve often does not remember his chores, or he
starts his chores and does not complete them.
– He complains about assigned reading and refuses at
times to complete written assignments.
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Demographic Information
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Full Scale IQ and
Primary Index Scores
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Subtest Scores
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Primary Analysis
Working Memory is a weakness relative to the MIS.
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Primary Analysis
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Primary Analysis
Significant and unusual discrepancy between
VCI-WMI
VSI-WMI
FRI-WMI
WMI-PSI
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Primary Analysis
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Ancillary Indexes
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Quantitative Reasoning Index (88)
AR
• Requires computational ability
and quantitative knowledge.
• Loads on FRI, WMI, and VCI.
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FW
• Requires math in a more limited, abstract
manner.
• Examinee uses quantitative concept of equality
to understand relationship among objects.
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• Then, examinee applies concepts of matching,
addition, and/or multiplication to identify correct
response.
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Auditory Working Memory Index (81)
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• WMI is based on the multi-component
model.
• Two domain-specific storage systems:
– phonological loop, and
– visual-spatial sketchpad.
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The AWMI is a purer
measure of auditory
working memory.
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Nonverbal Index (106)
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Useful when examinee has
obvious verbal difficulties
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– ELL
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– RELD, ELD
– ASD with Language
Impairment
10
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10
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The processing speed
component can affect results
just like FSIQ.
65
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More emphasis on reasoning
using visual-spatial processes
than FSIQ.
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General Ability Index (109)
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The GAI provides an
estimate of general
intellectual ability that is
less reliant on working
memory and processing
speed than the FSIQ.
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Cognitive Proficiency Index (98)
6
10
10
13
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The CPI provides an
estimate of the
efficiency with which
information is processed
in the service of
learning, problem
solving, and higherorder reasoning.
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Ancillary Analysis
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Complementary Indexes
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Naming Speed Index
• The NSI provides a broad estimate of
automaticity of basic naming ability drawn from
a variety of tasks.
• These tasks were developed to enhance the
assessment of children with suspected learning
disabilities and are not designed as measures
of intellectual ability.
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Symbol Translation Index
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The STI provides a broad estimate of visualverbal associative memory drawn from a variety
of conditions.
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These measures were developed to enhance
the assessment of children suspected of having
learning problems or declarative memory
impairment.
•
These subtests were not developed as
measures of intellectual ability.
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Storage and Retrieval Index
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The SRI provides a broad estimate of long-term
storage and retrieval accuracy and fluency.
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It is derived from a variety of tasks designed to
assess cognitive processes that are associated
with reading, mathematics, and writing skills,
and that have shown sensitivity to specific
learning disorders and other clinical conditions.
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Complementary Analysis
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Process Analysis
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Deriving Contrast Scores
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Interpreting Contrast Scores
See Appendix C in the WISC-V Technical and Interpretive Manual.
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Process Analysis
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Academic Achievement
Based on his WISC-V profile,
what are your hypotheses
about Twelve’s
academic achievement?
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Cognitive Processes Contributing
to Academic Skills
Reading-Related Processes
Contributing Processes
• Phonological Processing
• Rapid Naming
• Auditory Working Memory
• Language Comprehension
• Executive Functions
• Visuospatial Abilities
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Cognitive Processes and Reading
• Verbal comprehension and working memory
were the best WISC–III/WISC–IV predictors of
reading ability.
• Children diagnosed with SLD-R show reduced
verbal working memory (Kibby & Cohen, 2008)
and processing speed deficits (Shanahan et
al., 2006).
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Cognitive Processes and Reading
• Rapid automatic naming measures, similar to
Naming Speed Literacy, significantly predict
reading ability in both younger and older children
with reading disorder (Park & Lombardino, 2013).
• Children with reading disorders perform poorly on
verbal learning measures (Kibby & Cohen, 2008)
and on paired associate learning tasks that involve
pairing a visual input (i.e., a symbol) with a verbal
response, that is, a word or nonword (Litt & Nation,
2014; Messbauer & de Jong, 2003).
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Special Group Study Results:
Specific Learning Disorder-Reading N=30
Score
Clinical
Mean
Control
Mean
Mean Diff
P value
Std. Diff
VCI
VSI
FRI
WMI
PSI
FSIQ
QRI
AWMI
NVI
GAI
CPI
NSI
STI
SRI
89.1
93.3
92.5
87.8
93.0
88.9
92.2
90.1
89.6
90.0
88.6
88.4
91.8
87.4
100.7
101.6
101.9
104.1
100.3
102.0
102.7
101.2
102.6
101.6
102.7
101.6
101.5
101.9
11.63
8.27
9.40
16.23
7.37
13.07
10.57
11.07
13.03
11.63
14.17
13.14
9.63
14.55
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
.02
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
<.01
.98
.62
.77
1.52
.50
1.06
.80
1.14
1.04
.96
1.09
.95
.80
1.23
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Math-Related Processes
Contributing Processes
• Attention
• Visual-Spatial Processing
• Working Memory
• Language Comprehension
• Executive Functions
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Cognitive Processes and Math
• Difficulties in verbal comprehension, working
memory, and processing speed (Willicutt et al.,
2013).
• General cognitive functioning, processing speed, and
components of working memory are longitudinal
predictors of math achievement (Geary, 2011).
• Difficulties with working memory (Geary, 2010),
attention (Raghubar et al., 2009), and semanticretrieval and visuospatial skills (Cirino, Morris, &
Morris, 2007) are related to mathematics difficulties.
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Cognitive Processes and Math
• Early number skills and conceptual reasoning skills
predict math achievement (Fuchs, Geary, Compton,
Fuchs, Hamlett, & Bryant, 2010).
• Language, nonverbal reasoning, and attention are
significantly related to performance on math word
problems (Fuchs, Geary, Compton, Fuchs, Hamlett,
Seethaler, et al., 2010; Tolar et al., 2012).
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Special Group Study Results:
Specific Learning Disorder-Math N=28
Score
Clinical
Mean
Control
Mean
Mean Diff
P value
Std. Diff
VCI
VSI
FRI
WMI
PSI
FSIQ
QRI
AWMI
NVI
GAI
CPI
NSI
STI
SRI
90.3
85.4
82.2
88.7
90.2
83.6
79.9
88.3
81.5
84.2
87.3
92.6
90.1
89.7
99.5
100.0
96.7
97.7
97.7
98.4
96.2
99.1
97.6
98.6
97.0
96.4
100.2
98.0
9.19
14.61
14.46
9.00
7.46
14.85
16.29
10.78
16.11
14.44
9.71
3.79
10.07
8.25
<.01
<.01
<.01
.07
.03
<.01
<.01
.02
<.01
<.01
.02
.36
.02
.03
.61
1.04
.91
.52
.50
1.04
1.09
.69
1.09
1.00
.63
.23
.63
.55
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WIAT-III Scores
Composite/Subtest
Standard Score Percentile Rank
Basic Reading
• Word Reading
• Pseudoword Decoding
87
90
84
19
25
14
Reading Comprehension and
Fluency
• Reading Comprehension
• Oral Reading Fluency
87
93
88
19
32
21
Mathematics
• Math Problem Solving
• Numerical Operations
110
110
108
75
75
70
Written Expression
• Spelling
• Sentence Composition
• Essay Composition
82
78
88
90
12
7
21
25
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Integration of Data
Relative Strengths
Relative Weaknesses
Verbal
Reasoning
Auditory Working
Memory
Visual-Spatial
Reasoning
Phonological
Processing
Abstract
Thinking
Reading Decoding
Speed of
Processing
Spelling
Math
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Eligibility
Is Twelve eligible for direct
specialized instruction?
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Ability–Achievement
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Cognitive Hypothesis Testing
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Cognitive Hypothesis Testing
Processing Strength
WISC-V Visual-Spatial Index
SS = 105
A. Discrepant?
Yes/No
Achievement Weakness
WIAT-III Spelling
SS = 78
B. Discrepant?
Yes/No
Processing Weakness
WISC-V Naming Speed Index
SS = 78
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Another Set of Data
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Look at the Data
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What questions do you have?
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Should you compute the ancillary indexes?
Why or Why Not?
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Look at the pattern of scores. Consider abilities
shared by several subtests and abilities unique
to a subtest.
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What follow-up testing would you recommend?
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Male, Grade 5, Age 10:5
WISC-V
Index/Subtest
Verbal Comprehension
Composite Score/
Scaled Score
WISC-V
Index/Subtest
Composite Score/
Scaled Score
88
76
Working Memory
Similarities
6
Digit Span
6
Vocabulary
5
Picture Span
10
(Information)
(7)
(Letter-Number Sequencing)
(5)
(Comprehension)
(6)
Processing Speed
86
Visual Spatial
86
Coding
5
Block Design
5
Symbol Search
10
Visual Puzzles
10
(Cancellation)
(9)
Fluid Reasoning
103
Matrix Reasoning
11
Figure Weights
10
(Picture Concepts)
(Arithmetic)
9
(13)
Full Scale IQ 77
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What Are Your Hypotheses Now?
Verbal Domain Subtest
Scaled Score
Similarities
6
Similarities Multiple Choice
12
Comprehension
6
Comprehension Multiple Choice
15
Vocabulary
5
Vocabulary Multiple Choice
10
Picture Vocabulary Multiple Choice
10
Information
7
Information Multiple Choice
7
(WISC-V Integrated, 2015)
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Summary
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Generate hypotheses based on referral
concern.
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Identify patterns in the WISC-V data.
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Confirm or refute hypotheses.
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Generate follow-up questions.
•
Determine what needs to be done to answer
questions.
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